Vernon Schryver wrote: >> http://??????.?? >> --- >> In the real world such messages are exist. > > What happens when you try to use a link like that? Does your mail > user agent (MUA) convert the 8-bit binary name to Punycode?
MUA usually makes only a single thing: open this link in users default browser. And browser work with the 8-bit binary name. In fact, browser (silently) converts this link into Punycode, resolves it and opens it. That's what spammers needed. > That looks like a bug the the dccproc/dccifd/dccm code that detects > URLs. The code should either realize that the 8-bit string is not > an HTTP URL and ignore it or the code should convert to Punycode > before checking DNSBLs. Ignoring would be easier. Easier but will not be able to block this type of spam URL. The idea of converting to Punycode I like more. :) =kostik _______________________________________________ DCC mailing list [email protected] http://www.rhyolite.com/mailman/listinfo/dcc
